Rumi

If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.

He whose intellect overcomes his desire is higher than the angels; he whose desire overcomes his intellect is less than an animal.

The idol of your self is the mother of all idols. To regard the self as easy to subdue is a mistake.

Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.

If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.

This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.

Were there no men of vision, all who are blind would be dead.

The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.

If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.